Faculty
Faculty
Co-Directors: Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD, ABPP and David Levine, MD, ScD, MPH
Associate Director of Lifestyle and Behavior Change and Maintenance Lawrence Appel , MD, MPH
Associate Director of Social and Cultural Factors: Lisa Cooper, MD, MHS
Associate Director of Cognition/Neuropsychology of Heart and Vascular Diseases: Beth Slomine, PhD, ABPP
Additional Faculty Mentors and Advisors
Experience, enthusiasm, commitment, and cooperation characterize the program's faculty, who offer breadth of interest and expertise in behavioral research in heart and vascular diseases, and excellence in mentoring.
Jerilyn Allen, BSN, PhD
Professor of Medicine; Associate Dean of Nursing
Research Interests: Behavioral interventions to enhance recovery post-CABG and post-MI
Eric Bass, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine; Director, Evidence-Based Practice Center; Editor-in-Chief, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action; Associate Director, Physician and Society Course
Research Interests: Decision-making theory and analysis in treatment of CVD
Diane Becker, RN, ScD
Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management; Director, Center for Health Promotion
Research Interests: Prevention cardiology; heart disease in high-risk families and communities; smoking cessation
Roger Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FCCP, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; Director, Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center; Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Heart Health at Timonium
Research Interests: Prevention of cardiovascular disease
Lee Bone, RN, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Health, Behavior & Society
Research Interests: Control of hypertension in high-risk communities
Jeanne Clark, MD, MPH, FACP
Frederick Brancati, MD Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Director, Division of General Internal Medicine; Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Obesity and diabetes
Josef Coresh, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular risks and renal disease and lipid disorders
Barbara Curbow, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Health, Behavior & Society, and Health Policy & Management, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Communication research to enhance patient care understanding
Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor in Biomedical Ethics; Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management; Executive Director, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Research Interests: Ethical aspects of cardiovascular research, justice
Daniel Ford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management; Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation, School of Medicine
Research Interests: Mood and cardiovascular disease
Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management
Research Interests: Early precursors and predictors of cardiovascular disease in adulthood
Peter Kwiterovich, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine; Director, Lipid Research and Atherosclerosis Division; Director, Johns Hopkins University Lipid Clinic
Research Interests: Atherosclerosis, lipids and dietary behavior
Edgar R. Miller, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Co-Director, Hypertension Clinic
Research Interests: Dietary behavioral interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk
Debra Roter, DrPH, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Nursing, Health Policy & Management, and Health, Behavior & Society
Research Interests: Provider-patient communication
David Salkever, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health; Director, Health Economics Program
Research Interests: Cost-benefit analysis of interventions to control CVD
Kerry Stewart, EdD
Professor of Medicine and Nursing
Research Interests: School-based interventions to improve cardiovascular health promoting behaviors, physical activity
Jeremy Sugarman, MD,MPH, MA
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine
Deputy Director for Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of Bioethics
Research Interests: Ethical sigues in research
Moysés Szklo, MD, DrPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interests: Investigation of atherosclerosis in communities
J. Hunter Young, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: High blood pressure control, genetic influences
Scott Zeger, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health; Vice Provost for Research
Research Interests: Biostatistical issues in community-based research